evidentiality.

Linguistic marking of how a speaker obtained the information conveyed in a statement.

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Words that belong together

• grammatical evidentiality
• evidentiality marking
• system of evidentiality

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The article examined evidentiality in expressions distinguishing direct observation from reported information.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic / formal / analytical. Lexical Type: Word. Forms: Usually uncountable; no ordinary plural in this sense. Commonness: uncommon (editorial estimate; not a corpus frequency statistic). Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1; numbered fields keep each relevant meaning separate. Research distinction: Oxford handbook and Bulgarian evidentiality abstract verify information-source marking. Scope differences are acknowledged; confidence alone is not substituted for evidentiality. Writing functions: language analysis, conceptual distinction.